Art ceramics are divided into two categories: pottery and porcelain. In the past, they were called "fine porcelain". Compared with coarse porcelain for daily use, they are mainly used for viewing and collection. From material selection, blank making, drying, glazing, painting to baking, the process is complex and firing is difficult. It has a strong national style and high artistic taste.

Art porcelain can be divided into old and new, and collections can also be divided into "antiques" and "current antiques". The difference lies in their different historical and artistic values. There are many fakes of ancient porcelain, and they are often misguided, and connoisseurs sometimes misjudge them. Although new porcelain and modern porcelain have different artistic levels, there is no distinction between authenticity and fakes, and there are very few fakes. Ancient porcelain is often out of reach for the working class, while the price of new porcelain is relatively much lower, acceptable to general collectors, and may appreciate in value.

Jingdezhen ceramics have been famous all over the world since ancient times, and many of their exquisite products are regarded as "national treasures" and favored by many collectors. Famous modern landscape porcelain can be roughly divided into four categories: first, "unparalleled" works by deceased celebrities, second, porcelain works by contemporary painters, and third, works by provincial and above arts and crafts masters. The fourth is the masterpieces of folk artists and high- and middle-level arts and crafts designers with unique skills. The late celebrities in Jingdezhen first recommended the "Eight Friends of Zhushan" during the Republic of China. Zhushan is the location of the ancient imperial kiln factory. At that time, 8 ceramic experts often gathered here, and the "Zhushan Gathering Picture" was painted. These eight masters were famous at home and abroad during their lifetime, especially in Hong Kong and Macao, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries. Their porcelain works were highly praised and expensive.

The production process of fine art ceramics is complex, the finished product is difficult, and there are very few good ones. Collectors must have the awareness of fine and unique products. The porcelain of the Qing Dynasty is only over 200 years old and has become an antique. Even the porcelain of the Hongxian period in the early Republic of China is highly respected by today's people. Today, the porcelain of the "Cultural Revolution" is becoming increasingly popular. As long as modern art ceramics have high artistic level and have the characteristics of the times, they are likely to appreciate in value after a few years. For example, the price of "Zhongnanhai porcelain", which has been highly hyped by the collection community in recent years, has skyrocketed in the domestic and foreign art markets. "Zhongnanhai Porcelain", also known as "Chairman's Porcelain", refers to a series of daily porcelain designed and produced specifically for Chairman Mao Zedong in the porcelain capital Jingdezhen in the 1970s. In the 1990s, overseas ceramic collectors and businessmen went to Jingdezhen to buy "Zhongnanhai porcelain" scattered among the people at high prices. Some domestic ceramic collectors also collected this special batch of high-quality porcelain. Mr. Kong Falong, a famous porcelain collector in Jingdezhen, sent more than 100 pieces of "Zhongnanhai porcelain" that he collected and collected to Zhu Qizhan Art Museum in Shanghai in March 1997 for long-term display and display for the world to appreciate. "Zhongnanhai porcelain" is unprecedented and of high quality. It has attracted the attention and favor of porcelain collectors and porcelain collectors at home and abroad, and has become a rare treasure.

In recent years, the auctions of fine modern ceramics and ceramic cultural relics have greatly added luster to the collection of artistic ceramics. At an auction held by Beijing Pacific Auction Company, He Haixia, a disciple of Zhang Daqian, a master of traditional Chinese painting and a painter of the Chang'an School, painted a landscape painting entitled "Scenic View of the River" on a thin bowl with a diameter of 98 cm. This is why In his later years, he combined the ever-changing traditional Chinese painting with porcelain art, which was auctioned for 1.6 million yuan. At an auction in Shenzhen, the porcelain sculpture "Dragon Boat" by senior arts and crafts artist Liu Songlin and the "Kowloon Thin Tire Bowl" created by folk artist Gao Meisheng, known as the "Thin Tire King", had reserve prices as high as 2.9 million yuan and 1.8 million yuan respectively. Yuan.

Chinese cultural relics and ceramics are hard to buy and extremely valuable. In the 10 years from 1989 to 1999, Chinese ceramic cultural relics were auctioned in Hong Kong, London and other places, and frequently achieved high prices. In 1989, a Tang Sancai pottery horse was sold in London for HKD 49.55 million, setting a record for the highest auction price for cultural relics and ceramics in the past decade. During the "China Jingdezhen Ceramics Expo" in Beijing in 1997, 89 pieces of "Chairman's Porcelain" were sold at the Pacific Ceramics Auction for a total turnover of more than 8.7 million yuan. The "Hundred Pieces of Palace Porcelain Auction" held in Shanghai in September 2000 featured more than 100 well-preserved official kiln and palace porcelain treasures from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The total auction price reached 11 million yuan, including a set of rouge porcelain. The auction for the small red-glazed tureen started at 250,000 yuan and went up to 1.01 million yuan.

How to identify and purchase modern art ceramics is a profound knowledge. Experts believe that you must first have a certain level of ceramic art accomplishment and learn to identify and select those high-quality products.

When displaying artistic porcelain, such as underglaze and blue-and-white porcelain, it depends on whether the painting skills are skillful and fresh, whether the color is crystal clear and transparent, and whether the overglaze is pretended to be underglaze to confuse the real thing. Moreover, the underglaze decoration should pay attention to meticulous freehand brushwork, which must be hand-painted, not printed or decaled, and the color must be bright.

When purchasing art ceramics, in addition to considering the price factor, you must not only look at the overall effect, but also carefully check whether the shape of the vessel is straight, whether the glaze is smooth, whether the color is consistent, and there should be no bubbles or holes caused by sand nails. , deglazing and other defects; if it is blue and white or painted, it depends on the color, depth and luster. Light means the heat is not enough, bright means the color is too thick, and dark means the color is too thin. It’s best to buy art ceramics in a place with good lighting during the day, because lighting can often go awry. For porcelain, you can gently tap it and listen to see if the sound is crisp and loud. The scratchy sound means there are cracks. No matter how beautiful it is, it is not valuable, and cracked ceramics are not easy to preserve for a long time. For investors who are not very wealthy, they can purchase small color plates, small vases, small colorful pots, as well as tea sets, wine sets, stationery, etc. that are both furnishing and practical. If the design of this type of ceramics meets the three requirements of beautiful image, good taste and deep connotation, it will be a high-grade ceramic art work.